The Moon Knows It All !!!

Chapter 17

General POV...

Seok Jung had done the best to hide her away from everyone else. She was in a VIP room with spy cameras and CCTV surveillance installed. If anyone comes in or out, they are watched. All sorts of life support systems were attached to Vanessa's frail body. She was in a deep sleep. She has not yet woken up. Nurses took her blood sample and other bodily fluid samples. She looked like someone just out of a major car crash.

The test results were still pending and the nurses kept checking her vitals and recording all the system readings continuously. Suga sat on the couch in the same room. His eyes wandering and watching all the nurses while they were busy. The door knocked and Namjoon, Hoseok, and Jin came in. 

"Hey, how is she?" Jin enquired.

Suga: She is not awake yet. The nurses keep poking her with so many needles am getting pissed.

Hoseok: Calm down. She will be ok. She is in good hands. Seok Jung hyung knows what he is doing. And we are all here for her.

Namjoon: Did you find out about the attacker? Who was it?

Suga: No, No. Apparently, she was not in the room or in the building that burnt. She was in a small room outside her backyard. The boys found a chair, ropes, and a lot of blood inside. It seems like she was tied up and beaten to her condition. Also, I contacted our men in the police department. They said, not one but about 15 different gait-patterns were found in the room.

Hoseok: Someone beat her to a pulp? Then they left her to die. About 15 men? It is definitely a gang activity.

Jin: Did no one see anything, who came in, who went out?

Suga: I don't think so. Someone must have seen something. They are just not speaking up. I don't want to leave her. Or I would have beat the answers out of those ignorant neighbors.

Namjoon: You realize her building was way out of the town, it is almost in the bad-side of the town. If someone has seen something, it would be the drug peddlers or the customers. Maybe the addicts or the trash scroungers on the street.

Hoseok: Right, Let me get all the peddlers in the lineup. They will find out something.

Suga: Hmm. I am really worried. Whoever did this, might come back for her.

Jin: Or might not. The attacker left her for dead and burnt the building down. The cops were all over the places. They might think that the job is well done. Let us keep it that way. No word can get out that she is still alive. The door opened and Seok Jung came in.

Seok Jung: Well the results are here, I want you all to sit down, please. 

With a deep breath, he continued, "Her wrist is infected because of nail rust. We can treat that. She also has broken her ankle and there are some injuries on her hip bones. She can recover all of it in a few weeks."

Suga: Thank you.

Seok Jung: Don't thank me yet. The worst part is that she had broken ribs, none of the pieces are rupturing her organ, yet. But she is suffering from Anxiety, Self-Harming tendency, and maybe is suicidal. She needs professional help.

Suga: What are you talking about, it was just once.

Seok Jung: Yes, in front of you it was a one-time thing. But she is very depressed I guess. I am no psychiatrist but I can tell you she is very ill. She has marks throughout her hands, inside her upper arms and some on her thighs. You might not have noticed them.

Suga: I saw some but I did not pay attention that they could mean this. We all have such marks all over us.

Seok Jung: These marks are not from gang fights. They are mostly self-inflicted or torture signs. Let me heal her physically when she discharges from here, you can take her to see a good psychiatrist.

Namjoon: I know someone who can help. She is a very renowned Doctor and my long-time friend.

Suga: Okay. Let's do it then.

Days spent and weeks ended. Doctors and Nurses kept walking in and out of Vanessa's room. Suga spent most of his time in the hospital. He only came out of the hospital room to either shower or go to meetings with Wang Son. All his responsibilities and business was currently been managed by Jung Kook. He had learned and familiarized himself with a lot.

He would often come to Suga for detailing, reporting the situations, and ask for the orders. Now he was also attending most of the meetings with the others whenever Wang Son asked. The attacker was never found and nobody turned up in the hospital to attack Vanessa.

As Jin had said earlier, they did leave her to die and thought she was dead to do anything further. Jimin had reported that Cops and some men did enter the buildings but nothing out of the place. The men who entered were mostly addicts who were looking for a place to spend the night.

After 6 weeks, Vanessa was withdrawn from sedation. She opened her eyes and saw Suga sitting beside her. But she did not wake him up as he looked exhausted. She soon fell back to her slumber for her fragile body was still recovering.

After 6 weeks...

Suga: I am so sorry, I left you alone. You are not a burden to me. I was stupid to not tell you everything from the beginning. I want to confess to you Vaniee, come back to me.

He picked her hand slowly and kept it between his hands, his head bent and rested on his hands, keeping her hand near his eyes. He felt a movement. She opened her eyes and wiped his tears while gazing at him, lying down. "Who is Vaniee?" she said just above a whisper and smiled at him.

Suga chuckled at her and bent to plant a chaste kiss on her forehead.

"You are, beautiful. Thank you for coming back to me."

"You are not leaving my sight at all. We have a lot to talk about and a lot of things to sort. Let us get you out of the hospital and take you home. We will talk."

Vanessa sighed at his words but did not say anything. This time she had no place to be and she needed to heal herself.